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Re: [nmglug] Freezing
by Brian O'Keefe 07 Jun '20

07 Jun '20

Thanks Ted. I appreciate the info and the advice to hold off. I too have read that some graphic cards can cause lock-up. I'll leave all alone. I'll upgrade, if anything is now upgradable since the install is so recent. Still.... Have a great day! On 6/7/20 10:00 AM, Ted Pomeroy wrote: > Brian, Yes, wait on taking action. Try to identify the problem. Also, > I recommend staying clear of EFI partition for now. It is for > compliance with the UEFI standards for hardware and kernel boot. You > can read the Wikipedia.com article. I have had to adjust the EFI boot > order, but only on certain machines. If you boot and login okay no > changes needed. > So, right, plenty of ram, more swap might be desirable, but seems > unnecessary. I would make it a habit to run and read 'top' on a > regular basis to see what is running and what is using ram. Virtual > memory is not an issue. In top Shift+e changes the units for ram to > make it easier to interpret. Also look at idle(id) and waiting(wa) > percentages. I have found these interesting and instructive. Even > after closing Firefox and then starting top, I find it takes several > seconds to get idle up to 96% or so. > So, try to re-create or better identify the series of events that lead > to freezes. Have you read the release notes? Some graphics cards are a > boot up issue, and the new kernel is different from previous ones. You > might roll back if you have an option during boot, to get to the > lowest kernel number. Once in awhile new kernels leave off support for > older parts. or special graphics cards. Audio and wifi not likely to > be the issue. Keep up and join us at the next NMGLUG if you can. > Thank you, Ted P

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Freezing
by Brian O'Keefe 06 Jun '20

06 Jun '20

Hi All, My Asus laptop has been freezing up for no reason that I could think of. I found out my swap partition is 2GB and this person solved it by increasing the swap partition to 16GB. I'm reluctant to start messing with partitions, though I have at times, w/o one of you brainiacs look at the procedure. If anyone can look this over I'd appreciate it but no obligations. Stay safe! Brian 0 <https://askubuntu.com/posts/1242975/timeline> yes Ubuntu 20.04 hangs freeze although I have 8 GB of Ram and i7 I could temporary fix this issue in my side, by expanding swap partition from 2 GB to 16 GB I am not sure but I think there is problem in Ubuntu 20.04 memory management, here in my side it keep consuming memory, then when both memory and swap are full, the computer start to freeze and hang the solution steps are: 1- check the amount of swap you have |grep SwapTotal /proc/meminfo | 2-turn off the swap process |sudo swapoff -a | 3-resize the swap(in my case i expand it to 16 gb) |sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1G count=16 | 4- attach the swap to partition |sudo mkswap /swapfile | 5- activate swap(enable it) |sudo swapon /swapfile | 6- see the new swap size |grep SwapTotal /proc/meminfo | done --

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Meeting and Stretch problem/solved
by Ted Pomeroy 04 Jun '20

04 Jun '20

NMGLugers, I think we are scheduled to meet tonight at 5:30 on a Jit.si link. I hope to be there from here. I had a problem updating Stretch (Debian 9) this week and had to find a way to resolve the situation: _apt as a user is unprivileged and the trusted.gpg file was not getting me to the Debian servers. I did find a solution in several steps. Had to remove the 'trusted.gpg' file in etc/apt; clear the /usr/var/apt/lists folder. With that done I was able to update and dist-upgrade. I briefly considered an upgrade to Buster (Debian 10), but I was not ready to backup my files this week and I have many files. This led me to the interesting discussion on the Debian wiki about changes to Apt. Hope to see you all, or some of you, tonight. Thank you, Ted P.

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[ABQLUG] Next meetup will be tomorrow (1 year anniversary)
by ABQLUG 01 Jun '20

01 Jun '20

Fellow NMGLUGers, ABQLUG will be hosting it's monthly meetup (virtually) tomorrow, June 2nd 2020. This will also be our first anniversary meetup as well! Let's discuss the future of ABQLUG. I personally would like to discuss what we can do with the website for new users. I would like to make some posts and pages that will (1) allow new users to get started with Linux (2) allow new users find success in the long term (3) allow give resources to users that are having a hard time with Linux. To make this work, we are going to need help! Please attend this coming up virtual meetup for more details. Again, it will be on June 2nd 2020 at 6:00 pm (give or take) located here: https://live.abqlug.com/OneYear If you would like to help volunteer, and can't make the meetup, please email us at: community(a)abqlug.com If you are on a desktop or laptop you can attend the meetup by using a current version of Firefox or Chromium. If you are on iOS or Android, you can download the Jitsi Meet app from the Play Store, Apple Store, and F-Droid. Or you can Firefox on your mobile device. More information can be found here on how to join: https://www.abqlug.com/attendee/ ~ Jared

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does anyone here work with VR (virtual reality) ?
by Mark Galassi 30 May '20

30 May '20

Dear nmglugers, I'd like to find someone who works with virtual reality. Ideally with a free software slant, but anything helps. The idea is a fund-raising opportinity for a free software endeavor. Let me know if you can think of anyone.

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Sorry about wrong email address!
by Tom Ashcraft 23 May '20

23 May '20

Apologies for that last email re Jitsi-meet. I might well have sent a similar one here, but my intention was to send it to ABQLUG. Guess I need some Beano for the brain.

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Questions about setting up Jitsi-meet
by Tom Ashcraft 23 May '20

23 May '20

Hey Jared, I've got the camera and mic on my Kubuntu 18.04 laptop covered up with aluminum foil and electrical tape left over from making my tin-foil hat. But now I'm thinking I don't want the FBI or the NSA to be able to get me mixed up with someone else, so I thought I might take it off sometime and let them see what I look like. That is, if I can get this Jitsi-meet thing figured out. Not quite as scary as Zoom. I've been working down your list of instructions at https://gitlab.com/ABQLUG/Install-Jitsi-Meet-with-Docker-Compose this evening and I got stuck here: tom@tom-HP-Notebook:~/docker-jitsi-meet$ docker-compose up -d ERROR: Couldn't connect to Docker daemon - you might need to run `docker-machine start default`. tom@tom-HP-Notebook:~/docker-jitsi-meet$ docker-machine start default Docker machine "default" does not exist. Use "docker-machine ls" to list machines. Use "docker-machine create" to add a new one. tom@tom-HP-Notebook:~/docker-jitsi-meet$ docker-machine create abqlugjm1 Running pre-create checks... Error with pre-create check: "VBoxManage not found. Make sure VirtualBox is installed and VBoxManage is in the path" tom@tom-HP-Notebook:~/docker-jitsi-meet$ echo $PATH /home/tom/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/usr/bin/VBoxManage:/usr/bin/vboxmanage If you've got any time or clues that might help, please let me know. I should be in town for a few more days but will probably reenter internet silence for a fortnight or two after I head back north. Looks like you're doing good work with ABQLUG. Hope you are doing well. Tom

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Meeting tonite,
by Ted Pomeroy 21 May '20

21 May '20

NMGLugers, Tonight's meeting will be via video conference as our recent pattern. Go to the nmglug.org website and follow the links to "Virtual." Look for the meet dot jit dot si link on our webpage. As for other topics or your concerns, please either email the list or bring them to our video conference on Thursday 5:30-7:00 p.m. MDT. *There are no plans to meet in person this week.* Thank you, Ted P.

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Meeting this Thursday,
by Ted Pomeroy 20 May '20

20 May '20

NMGLugers, I see that our meeting on Thursday is posted for the public eating space "Oldery" or Second Street Brewery on Second St. Well and good for whoever made this decision, it is almost within current recommendations, providing it is open and a small group gathers. I will not attend due to my age and health. I wonder if we can also have video conference access? If not, I understand as it is distracting enough to have the noise of the pub when meeting there. We were having some increased attendance while conferencing on the Internet, but maybe that can be offered somehow and at another time or simultaneously. I do hope we remain flexible. Two issues I have been working on: remote support with the help of Jason and Geoff; and usb keys as a new edition of Ubuntu is out and I have been practicing with dd. While I still make errors, it seems dd works well and I have a variety of live and install versions: Debian 10, grml and Xubuntu 20.04 among them. I am in contact with several Linux Users who do not attend the meeting, but do need help and rescue from time to time. I will continue to offer my support with the help of the NMGLUG. Thank you, Ted P.

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Meeting this Thursday,
by Ted Pomeroy 20 May '20

20 May '20

NMGLugers, I reply to my own query - This week's meeting will be via video conference as our recent pattern. I will be going to the nmglug.org website to make the changes shortly. It turns out that the announcement was not updated through all of May. *There are no plans to meet in person this week. * Look for the jit.si link on the webpage later today. As for other topics or your concerns, please either email the list or bring them to our video conference on Thursday 5:30-7:00 p.m. MDT. Thank you, Ted P.

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